Amazon HQ2 cancelled and Apple's rumored March 25th event

The Vergecast

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🗓️ 15 February 2019

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Nilay, Dieter, Casey, and Paul react to Amazon cancelling plans for their second headquarters in NYC, Apple's rumored spring event and announcements, and some new Android phones hitting the market soon. Stories featured in this episode: Amazon cancels HQ2 in New York after backlashAmazon HQ2 defeat is a win for Queens activists but a ‘facepalm’ for tech leadersAmazon is buying mesh router company EeroJeff Bezos says National Enquirer is threatening to publish his nude …Apple’s Netflix competitor will reportedly be unveiled in March... or maybe AprilApple is reportedly planning a March 25th event for its subscriptionApple just made it easier to find and manage subscriptions in iOS …Apple's video service may launch without HBO and Netflix support …Apple reportedly demanding a staggering 50 percent of revenue with ...Apple's new deal for journalism should send publishers runningEarth is dying and this couple is crowdfunding a sex buttonNorth Focals glasses review: a $600 smartwatch for your facePhone makers aren’t even trying to keep their secrets secret anymoreGoogle launching Pixel 3 Lite and Pixel Watch in 2019, says Nikkei …The LG G8 has a vibrating OLED screen for a speaker Thanks to Microsoft Azure for sponsoring this episode. Get started with a free account and 12 months of popular free services at Azure.com/trial today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On this episode of Vergecast, a bunch of Amazon news, they're pulling out of New York,
0:03.6	they're buying ERO, Jeff Bezos is involved, and a whole bunch of scandals are pulling
0:07.5	Casey Newton in and talking about that.
0:08.8	We've also got to talk about the Apple event that's going to be happening on March 25th,
0:13.0	and we're going to end on some gadget news.
0:15.9	Sabotage hired Goons and a landfill in Utah.
0:19.6	House Steve Jobs' revolutionary catastrophe of a computer, the Apple Lisa, earned a brief
0:25.3	second life, and then was buried for good.
0:29.4	Watch the Verge's documentary, Lisa's final act, now on YouTube.
0:34.1	Hello, welcome to Vergecast, the flagship podcast of the Verge.movie of phone optimized
0:46.1	system of web sites.
0:47.1	I'm Neil I'm your friend, Deeter Bonnett here.
0:49.2	Hey, hey, hey, hey, Paul Miller is here.
0:52.0	Hello.
0:53.0	And we got Casey Newton, how's it going, Casey?
0:54.4	I'm doing great, great to be on with you all.
0:57.1	Casey, the host of the interface, your host, right?
1:00.0	That's the thing you do, you host a newsletter?
1:02.1	That's right, the interface has taken over my body, and we now have a symbiotic relationship.
1:07.2	I'm worried about you.
1:09.2	Just letting that one go.
1:10.2	We have a lot to talk about today.
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